New procedure for calculating altitude coefficients

Dragoslav R. Petrović, PhD (Eng)

New procedure for determination altitude coefficients for certain meteorological elements needed as data in firing tables is presented. Altitude coefficients can be used in artillery practice when meteo-message, the so called ”meteo-average” is used for field calculation of meteorological influences and appropriate corrections. Numerical data of altitude coefficients for certain ballistic conditions are given. New procedure eliminates calculation of weighted functions widely used up to now in ballistic practice.

Key words: external ballistics, ballistic measurements, meteorological measurements, firing tables, artillery shooting.